Background
Rosos was born in the village of Moschochori, Florina, Greece in 1941.
Rosos was born in the village of Moschochori, Florina, Greece in 1941.
Rossos studied at primary school in Sobotin and Technical School in Prague. He graduated at high school in Toronto. Rossos graduated postacademic degree and was awarded by the University of Stanford with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1971.
During the civil war in Greece in 1948 he was evacuated in Czechoslovakia as a refugee child. In 1958 he moved with the rest of his family to Canada. Rossos earned a bachelor"s degree in history at Michigan State University in 1963.
Since then he has worked at the University of Toronto, and in 1982 became Professor there.
Rossos is author of a monograph on Russian foreign policy on the Balkans ("Russia and the Balkans: Inter-Balkan Rivalries and Russian Foreign Policy, 1908-1914"). At the end of 2008 was issued his book "Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History".
Rosos is adherent of the views espoused by the national historiography of the Republic of Macedonia.
"The Disintegration of Yugoslavia, Macedonia"s Independence, and Stability in the Balkans." In War and Change in the Balkans: Nationalism, Conflict, and Cooperation, edited by Brad K. Blitz. "Incompatible Allies: Greek Communism and Macedonian Nationalism in the Civil War in Greece, 1943-1949," Journal of Modern History 69.1 (March 1997): 42-76.